Doll head



May 3,1927. 1,627,511 l R. A. HOFF DOLL HEAD Filed sept.17, 192.6

INVENTOR uch BY /caa u WITNESSES Patented May 3, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH ALDRIDGE HOPE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AVERILL MFG. CO., OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DOLL HEAD.

Application led September 17, 1926. Serial No. 136,134.

This invention relates to doll heads, an object of the invention being to provide a doll head having an improved arrangement of tufts projected through openings in the head of the doll and secured therein by adhesive or other suitable means whereby a series of such tufts are provided around .the` head of the doll, which in combination With the surface ornamentation of the doll give the impression of a pickaninny.

A further object is to provide a doll head of this character in which the tufts are so arranged and secured as to be difficult of removal so that the doll will withstand rough usage.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter' described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a View in front elevation of a doll head embodying my invention;

through the head shown in Figure 1.

1 represents my improved doll, Which in addition to facial features has surface ornamentation representing hair, as indicated at 2. The head l is provided with a series of openings 3 extending around from one side of the head to the other, and in these openings 3 tufts 4 are located and secured by adhesive or other suitable means.

Figure 2 is a vieW in longitudinal section The tufts 4 may be of hair, or strands of any material simulating hair in appearance, which are plaited and ornamentedvvvith bows 5. These tufts are projected through the openings 3 and the inner ends of the tufts are preferably spread outwardly or enlarged, as clearly indicated in Figure 2, and secured in place by glue or any other suitable adhesive.

The tufts are spaced apart and located around the head and together with the surface representation of hair, indicated by the reference numeral 2, give to the doll the appearance of a pickaninny.

Various changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts de-v scribed Without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty toI make such changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In combination With a doll head having a series of openings therein, of tufts projected through the openings into the interior of the head and secured in said head, said tufts spaced apart and said head having surface ornamentation representing hair, the ltlufts representing hunched portions of the air.

RUDOLPH ALDRIDGE Horn. 

